John Moffat stars as the great Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in fifteen BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations. Including:
Evil Under the Sun: On holiday in Devon, Poirot becomes embroiled in the murder of a glamorous American starlet.
Sad Cypress: A poison pen letter begins a chain of events which is to end in tragedy.
Murder in Mesopotamia: When death occurs at an archaeological site in the Iraqi desert, Poirot is on hand to dig for clues.
Lord Edgware Dies: Lord Edgware is found brutally stabbed, his wife the prime suspect. But did she murder him?
Hallowe’en Party: The sleuth investigates the death of a girl drowned in an apple-bobbing tub on All Hallows’ Eve.
Murder on the Links: Summoned urgently to France, Poirot finds his wealthy client dead. Can he trace the killer?
Five Little Pigs: A bride-to-be hires Poirot to solve a sixteen-year-old case and prove her mother innocent of murder.
These BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations find Poirot pitting his ‘little grey cells’ against a variety of cunning criminals.
Based on Agatha Christie’s original novels, these superb adaptations feature a host of distinguished actors including Iain Glen, Fiona Fullerton, Stephanie Cole and Stephen Tompkinson.
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Pavlovafowl
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March 23, 2022
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Wonderful
I actually prefer these versions to those of David Suchet. John Moffat seems to me to be a more versatile actor and I like his interpretation of the character of Poirot. His accent also seems to me, having lived for some time in Belgium, to sound more authentic to my ear. The rest of the cast too do very well with some notably fine performances. Thank you for uploading this selection, I really appreciate it.
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Alyosha48
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December 28, 2021
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Here Here 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Couldn’t agree more with the Debs comment on 31st January 2020.
Both succinctly and concisely put, and dashed accurate!
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The Toff
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November 5, 2020
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NOT modernising the stories = genius
Contrary to the jadedchap above, I'm happy to see that they haven't mucked about with Christie, who was a genius. People who aren't at that level can only spoil things.
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AMP1972
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August 14, 2020
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Professional work hamstrung by a decision spoiling much.
The sound quality is OK, the voice actors are competent and doing their job (rare enough), but the decision NOT to modernize the stories keeps some a bit bleak, predictable & boring.
Some cases are more convincing than others, and I note that "The ABC murders!" is especially interesting, as Hercules Poirot distinguishes (narrates to us listeners) the difference between the type of murderer eager for attention & mocking the investigators and the kind of murderer hiding the traces and obscuring the investigation instead.
Personally, I also appreciated "A Murder in Mesopotamia".
For fans of Agatha Christie such may not matter, but I remembered some of the makers from:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06spb8w/episodes/downloads
Here, the BBC professionals are limiting their own competences too much to stay submissive to the originals, which are a bit antiquated by now. Well, enjoy!
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Debsw
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January 31, 2020
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Quite Brilliant
John Moffat is to radio as David Suchet is to television in the role of Hercule Poirot.
Great whodunnits with every drama having a wonderful cast.
Cannot praise highly enough.
